Rruyshah Captures En Passant
Rruyshah moved first. And third. And fifth. And seventh. And ninth. And eventually, forty-first. She was very proud of that move. Her opponent would not be able to move his pawn one square forward without her being able to capture it.
But he did, anyway. And then he moved it another square forward. Rruyshah had forgotten one of the advantages of the proletarian pawns: they were allowed to move two spaces forward on their first move. But after all that time setting up her trap…it was an injustice. So she moved her pawn where his would have been, if it hadn't been for his trickery, and removed his from the board.
>What was that?>
"A capture."
With his tail, he swiped at the board, knocking over three pieces which Rruyshah replaced. >My pawn was here. Your pawn was there. You can't capture that way.>
"Sure I can. If you can do your castleandking trick."
>But…my…pawn…was…there.>
"It would have been there."
>I sneaked by!> it indignantly retorted.
"Oh, sure, you sneaked by. Just passing me up."
>It was in passing, on its way to a…>
"Noble coronation and glorious fate?"
>Yeah. That.>
"Bureaucracy, bureaucracy."
>Do I want to know what that means?>
"How should I know the preference of a pathetic-"
>I take that back. I want to know what that means.>
"Which means I'm not going to tell you."
>Which means I move my pawn, which you did not capture, another square forward.>
"On my homeworld, I had a position that required me to know a considerable amount of irrelevant jargon. Pawn is captured. Your move."